Posts Tagged ‘habitat for Humanity’

Well, the former Goodman’s Lumber finally has a new occupant and it’s up and running.

Finally.

Get all the deets of this morning’s grand opening celebration, below.

MAYOR NEWSOM JOINS BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT LEADERS AND NEW EMPLOYEES FROM COMMUNITY TO OPEN LOWE’S HOME IMPROVEMENT ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD
New Lowe’s Home Improvement & Company’s Commitment to Local Employment Boosts Bayview Hunters Point Economic Development and Anchors New Bayshore Boulevard Home Improvement District

San Francisco, CA—Mayor Gavin Newsom today joined Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, Bayview Hunters Point community leaders and new employees from the community for a grand opening celebration of Lowe’s Home Improvement at its first San Francisco location at 491 Bayshore Boulevard. The brand new store, the former site of Goodman Lumber, has 80,000 square feet of retail space, 11,000 of which is a garden center tailored to the California climate, and will stock over 32,000 products. Mayor Newsom and community leaders also praised the company for its commitment to hiring local members of the community, boosting the economic revitalization of the new Bayshore Boulevard Home Improvement District and creating new local jobs.

“Today we celebrate not just the opening of a new store, but new hope and a new commitment to the economic development and jobs for the people of the Bayview Hunters Point community,” said Mayor Newsom. “Bayshore Boulevard has served as a vital home improvement commercial corridor in San Francisco for decades, and this new Lowe’s will foster the growth and revitalization of the neighborhood and boost our local economy.”

Lowe’s has been committed to supporting the community, both through their corporate donations and local hiring practices. Approximately 312 construction jobs were generated by the Lowe’s development project and of those jobs, about 126 constructions jobs were filled by San Francisco residents with nearly 60 positions by Bayview Hunters Point residents. In addition to construction jobs created, permanent retail and administrative positions were produced to ensure a well staffed store. The Lowe’s team on Bayshore consists of 210 employees and, of those employees, 185 members of the team are San Francisco residents with 81 team members who are residents of the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood.

For more than 60 years, Lowe’s has been providing home improvement shoppers with a wide range of home improvement products. Lowe’s has also continued to give back to the community. To date, Lowe’s has committed $100,000 to the San Francisco Day Laborer Program, $50,000 to San Francisco’s Adopt-A-Tree Program, $5,000 to Clean City Coalition’s Tool Lending Library, and $1,000 to Thurgood Marshall High School. In addition to these contributions, Lowe’s will host a Gift Card Match Day, during which customers can purchase a Lowe’s Gift Card and Lowe’s will match purchases of gift cards up to $5,000 to support Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco’s next building project.

One that produces; especially : one that grows agricultural products or manufactures crude materials into articles of use”

So, let’s compare former President Jimmy Carter with, I don’t know, some parasite that doesn’t produce anything, how about a tapeworm?

See? Jimmy Carter takes wood and nails ‘n stuff and makes useful habitats. Conversely, the tapeworm calls itself a “top producer” because it eats six percent of the food that passes it by and then issues press releases about how it’s a “top producer.”

To review, taking commish out of a real estate transaction doesn’t produce anything. If you sell a house to somebody and then help sell it to someone else a year later, you have not doubled your “production.” There’s still just the one house, and it was produced by somebody else.

Maybe you’re necessary for society and maybe you’re good at your job, but that doesn’t make you a “producer.” Try to find a different term.

Just saying…

Grubb & Ellis Company Announces Top Producers for 2009 at Annual Circle of Excellence Awards

SANTA ANA, Calif., April 21 — Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE:GBE), a leading real estate services and investment firm, today announced that Bruce McNair, executive vice president, Office Group, of the company’s Washington, D.C., office was the company’s No. 1 producer and top Office Group professional for 2009.

McNair received both honors at Grubb & Ellis’ Circle of Excellence Awards. The annual event, which was held in Scottsdale, Ariz., April 13-15, recognized Grubb & Ellis’ top producers…